Horseless farm-vehicle.



S. MONTGOMERY.

HORSELESS FARM VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.26,1913.

1 1 21 ,75 1 Patented Dec. 22;1914.

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HORSELESS FARM VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1913.

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HORSELESS FARM-VEHICLE.

- Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 19.14.

:Application filed .Eebrnary 26, .1913. Serial No. 750,783.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known t at I, SAMUEL MonmourRY, a citizen of the United States, residing tionof the same,,suc h as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon,

. which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in horseless vehicles and -is particularly designed as a homeless farm wagon adapted to be operated by a standard explosive motor the wagon being so constructed that the bed of the same will project in such a man: ner as to be easily accessible for loading and unloading, and one which will maintain a strictly horizontal position regardless of whether or not the wheels are in a level position with respect to each other.

A further object of the invention is to produce a broad wheeled vehicle susceptible of riding over all kinds of soils without sinking therein and also which will. ride over roads easily and without forming chuck holes or other uneven surfaces.

A further object of the invention is to produce a vehicle which will have a driving I connection with all four of the wheels to provide a powerful traction for the vehicle in order to enable it .to carry heavy loads in a rapid and efficient manner.

A further object of the inventionis to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one whichwill be exceedingly effective for the purposes for whichit is designed.

These objects, I accomplishby means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation .of the complete wagon. Fig. 2 is a'cross'section taken on a line XX of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a steerin mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view 0 engine and steering control handles. Fig. 5 is a fraganism. ,Ei .-6 is a-sectional. view taken on a line Y of F ig. 5. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a clutch member. Fig. 9 is a view showing the engine and operating clutches. Fig. 10 is av sectional view taken on a line Z.Z of Fig. .9. Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on aline P-P of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a view of a worm and wheel.

Referring now .more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the .numeral 1 represents wheels of a large diameter having staggered spokes 2, and as an additional strengthening means, brace members 3 .are disposed at intervals, being bent somewhat around the hub 4 and suitably secured in sockets 5 in the rim of the wheel 1. On-either side of said hub 4, and spaced apart, are beams 6, extending across the entire distance between said wheels 1. A shaft 7' runs lengthwise of the wagon and midway between said beams and extending over them,being journaled thereon by boxings 8 on beams 63. Swivelly mounted on said boxings 8 and kept :inalinement thereon by flanges 9 on said boxings, are two bolsters 10. Across these are placed fiat pieces of metal 11 bent at their ends as at 12 thereby gripping supportingmembers 13, each of said members 13 being composed ofa fiatbar of iron curved at the top and running'down on either side of a pair of the beams 6 to a point near the ground where the ends are half twisted to form a flat surface to support a platform let running the entire length of the wagon, bolts 15 running through from side to side to form 'a supporting means for the planks of which the platform 14 is built. up. Lengthwise across bolsters 10 extends a similar platform 15, this forming the bed to carry the merchandise, sides 16 being added thereto if required. Braces 17 crossing diagonally help to steadythe wagon.

Situated toward the front end of the wagon, on platform 14 is a gas engine 17 having supply tanks for water, gas, and oil, 18, 19, and 20 respectively, suitably located on platform 14 and connected with the various points on the engine by' pipes 21, 22 and 23. Located at either end of said engine are slidable shields 24, into which the shaft 25 of engine 17 enters. On the ends of said shaft 25 .are disks 26. Diametrically cut in the faces of the same are dovetail grooves 27 ,into which are fitted blocks 28 Shields=24 are provided with flanges 3 Y adapted to engage the larger of disks'31.

Shields 24 are also provided with outside flanges 32 secured'to bars 33, said bars running in guides 34 said guides allowing a lengthwise motion ,of the shields 24, which are connected to operating levers, hereinafter described, by cross pieces 35 and v a from polnts 67, pass around'a double idler s5 pulley land thence around a double pulley rods 36.

Connected to wrist ins 29 are rods 37 running to a central ocation on opposite sides of clutches 38, said clutches operating -shaft 7. On either end ofsaid shaft 7, and spaced between said beams 6, are worm gears 39, gearing'into worm wheels 40 on each side thereof, said wheels being com posed of a -plate.41, on which are mounted a plurality of small rollers 42 adapted to engage the spirals of the worm 39, and servin in place of teeth on the worm wheels. Suitably fastened toeach worm wheel is a shaft 43, 'runninglthrough the hub'4 of wheels 1 and having a universal joint 44 located therein. Perpendicular to said shaft and located centrally with. respect to said universal joint 44 is a circular housing '45 located between said beams .6 and held in position by means" of plates 46,- said plates being grooved out to receive the ends of the circular housing 45.and being secured to said beams'6. The top one of said members 46 has an upwardly projecting part 47 through which a hole 48 is bored and a set screw 4.9.fitted for the purpose of filling the said housing 45 with oil and also serving to hold in position springs 50 which are located-between, said plates 46 and b01- sters 10. Running ina sleeve 51 inthe lower portion of said 'member 46 is a shaft,

52 having at its middle an upwardly extending fork 53 passing through a slot 54 in said sleeve 51 being diametrically opposite to.

said shaft 43. The upper ends of said fork 53 engage a short sleeve 55 situated around the universal joint 44 and fitting the said shaft 43 loosely. Following this is a loose sleeve 56 on said shaft 43 extending to, and bearing against a clutch member 57, keyed onto said shaft 43. A spring 58 on said shaft 43 bears against said member 57 and being held in place by a cover 59 having a nut 60 screwed onto said shaft 43, said cover being so made asto be a hoisting drum for a rope if required which may be used independently of the wheels.- Said clutch 57 engages a similar clutch 61 forming a part of hub 4. Around said sleeves 56 and 55 and extending through the hub 4 and into said member 45 is a sleeve 62 flaring out at the end as at 63 to allow play of theishaft 43. r

The operation of the clutch mechanism as shown by Figs. 5, 6, and 7 is as follows:

Taking the two forward wheels on each end of shafts 52 are two small levers, the forward one 64 pointing downward and the rear one 65 pointing upward. Small cables 66 pass from the end of lever 64 to points 67 on disk 68 adapted to turn on sleeves 51 out-,-

side of the housing 45, said points 67 being normally located in a line horizontal with 1 the center of shafts Similar cables 69, from points, 70, located degrees down -72 connected to a shaft 7 Band having a controlling handle thereon.

wardly extending lever 65 cables 75 pass diagonally to points 7 6 on the lowercentral point of. disks 77. Cables 7 8v pass from 7 points 79 on-disks 7 7-, (said points being located in a similar position to points 67 on disks 68) aroundrsmall pulleys 80 located directlybel'ow around a double pulley 81, thence to and around a double pulley 82 locatedina line with downwardly extending levers 83on the rear pair of shafts 52. Thus it will be seen, for example, that when pulley 72 is turned counter clockwise, as shown by the arrow, one of the'cables 69 will "pull upward on the lower point '70 on Y the right hand disk 68, causing point 67 to move still farther upward thus causing cable 66 to pull upwardly on the opposite or left hand lever 64, and said lever 64in turn causingan outward motion of said fork 53 and causing said fork 53 to press against sleeves 55 and 56, thus pressing clutch 57 out of engagement'with said clutch 61. lVhen the pressure'jo'n the cables is released, spring 58 sends the clutch back into engagement. At the same time, the left hand lever 65 is caused to turn outwardly, thus pulling on cable and so causing said point 76 on the right hand disk 7 7 to move upwardly. Point 79 is thus moved farther up, causing a pull on cables 78 'thus causing the rear left hand lever 83 to move inwardly and the fork 53 to move outwardly. Thus it will be seen that both clutches on one side are disengaged at the same time and so doing away with the necessity of other steering means. Located within operating shaft 73, one within the other, as their respective positions may demand, are controlling shafts and handles for spark and carburetor and also a shaft 84 and handle 85, which are connected to rod 36 to control the movement of said shields 24. Running through all these From the up-' to this, is the drivers seat 87.

The operation and purpose of the shields 24 and their connected mechanism is as follows, namely: As shown in the drawings,

the arms 37 are normally in a neutral position being centrally located with respect to the engine shaft which might be turning and still impart no motion to the wagon. If however, the flanges 32 on one of the said shields Qet are moved by the rod 36 so as to engage the diskBl, then said rod 30 is caused to turn, thus causing the block 28, carrying the rods 37, to move outwardly from the center. This then would impart a crank motion to the same causing an alternate pulling and loosening motion on the clutch above thus causing said shaft 7 to turn. The farther out the said blocks 28 move, the greater will be the radius of motion of the said arms 37 and the greater will be the speed of the said shaft 7 and said wheels. Should it. be desired to reduce or stop speed the pull on said rod 36 is reversed, and the flange on the other end is brought to bear on said disk 31 causing a reverse motion in said shaft 30 and said block 28, and so bringing the same back to neutral again if required. The smaller of said disks 31acts merely as a balance wheel and is smaller so as not to engage the flange 32, which would of course prevent any action. The same operation obtains for both shields 324, and both must of course be operated simultaneously.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

\Vhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising two pair of Wheels, a frame mounted between each pair of wheels, a longitudinal shaft journaled across said frames, a bolster pivotally mounted oneach of said frames, vertical frames secured to each bolster and supporting a lower platform below said first named frames, a platform supported by said bolsters, springs interposed between said bolstersand said first named frames, a motive means on said lower platform and means operatively connecting said motive means with said wheels, as described.

2. A device of the character described, comprising two frames spaced apart, vertical frames on said first named frames, an upper and lower platform mounted on said vertical frames, a motive means mounted on said lower platform, wheels supporting said first named frames, and means operatively connecting said motive means to said Wheels and adapted to drive said wheels, as described.

3. 'A device of the character described comprising two frames spaced apart, a shaft disposed through each of said frames, wheels mounted on each shaft, a longitudinal shaft journaled' across the tops of said.

frames and adapted to be connected to said first named shafts, an upper and a lower platform, a motor mounted on the lower platform, and a clutch controlled connecting means interposed between said motor and said longitudinal shaft, as described.

In testimon whereof I affix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

SAMUEL MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses ROBERT TUCKER, BERYL CORNELL. 

